A-DAR is the 12th month of the Hebrew calendar. It’s a winter month with 29 days, usually coinciding with February/March. When there’s a leap year, an additional Adar is added to the calendar, called Adar Aleph or Rishon. When this happens (7 times every 19 years) the Purim holiday is celebrated in the second Adar, or Adar Sheini.

Special dates in Adar:
Adar 7th is the traditional date of the birth and death of Moses
Adar 13th is the Fast of Esther
Adar 14th is Purim
Adar 15th is Shushan Purim

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